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Ecolab (ECL) Return on Capital Employed (2016 - 2025)

Ecolab's Return on Capital Employed history spans 17 years, with the latest figure at 0.15% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Capital Employed fell 1.0% year-over-year to 0.15%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.15%, down 1.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.15%, 1.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed reached 0.15% in Q4 2025 per ECL's latest filing, up from 0.13% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 0.16% in Q3 2024 to a low of 0.09% in Q1 2021.
  • Average Return on Capital Employed over 5 years is 0.12%, with a median of 0.11% recorded in 2023.
  • Peak YoY movement for Return on Capital Employed: grew 6bps in 2024, then dropped -3bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Capital Employed shows it stood at 0.1% in 2021, then decreased by -8bps to 0.09% in 2022, then increased by 24bps to 0.11% in 2023, then soared by 41bps to 0.16% in 2024, then dropped by -9bps to 0.15% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for ECL's Return on Capital Employed are 0.15% (Q4 2025), 0.13% (Q3 2025), and 0.16% (Q2 2025).